Fengqiu City is located at the confluence of Pu and Ji two waters, the first key pass to the north of Chen Liuguo.

Because the city was built by the water, and there were natural protections on both sides of the northwest, the besieging side could only deploy troops in the southeast and southeast directions, and the army of Qingzhou came from the east.

At this moment, just after dawn, both sides of the river bank were shrouded in a faint morning mist, and the queue that could not be seen at a glance was swaying and undulating in the mist, approaching with an unstoppable momentum!

The morning sun shone from behind the enemy's army, and the fog became lighter, and it could no longer cover the bright light reflected by the armor, reflecting it with colorful light, but it did not reduce the murderous aura contained in it in the slightest!

The huge lineup and sophisticated equipment are not reasons for Li Tong to be afraid, and he has been prepared for this for a long time. What really made him feel desperate was the siege equipment shown by the Qingzhou army.

At the front row are the rafts.

The cart is a kind of siege equipment with strong applicability, which can not only be used for siege, but also can be used for field battles. The structure is roughly a thick wooden board or large shield erected in front of the car, and sandbags and quilts are placed behind the wooden planks, and the car is pushed forward by manpower.

Because of the planks and sandbags in front, it has an extremely effective defense against ranged attacks. Not to mention bows and arrows, not even stone throwers or ballistas can cause serious damage to them.

With so many benefits, the flaws are of course also serious.

In fact, many of the carts are temporarily modified to transport grain and grass, and they are used in wars, and if they are not broken after the battle, they throw the shield and sandbags and use them as transport vehicles.

Not only that, but the distance of the cart on the battlefield is also not very good, and it takes a long time to push it, and in the end it can't hide many soldiers. It's very laborious to push this thing, and if you let the soldiers push it, you'll rush to the front, and your physical strength will be almost exhausted, so what's the battle?

The cost is large, the effect is ordinary, unless it is a big battle in the siege of Xiongcheng, no one will work hard to do this thing.

However, Wang Yu has always been unconventional, in order to attack Fengqiu, he actually made hundreds of carriages in one go, lined up in front of the formation, as if a city wall was erected out of thin air, and the visual impact was quite strong.

Li Tong also knew that Qingzhou was bound to win this battle.

The biggest role of this equipment is to cover the soldiers behind the cart, allowing them to pass with relatively small losses under the cover of ranged weapons. At the base of the wall, defensive measures such as rolling wood and stone can still work, even if the rook is covering the rushing car.

Li Tong entered Fengqiu with the mood of becoming a benevolent person if he did not succeed, and the two city gates in the southeast had been blocked with sand and gravel, and the rushing car could not hit the city, and there were quite a lot of city defense equipment he had arranged near the city gate, at least he was sure to block the large-scale attack of the siege vehicle with more than three wheels.

The problem is, there is still a car behind the car!

This time it was a small car, the kind that one or two people could push, the body was more than half a person high, and there were two wheels with a diameter of about two feet in the front and rear, so it seemed that it was not difficult to push. The most eye-catching thing is the big bow on the top of the frame, to be precise, it's a big crossbow!

Li informed that this must be the legendary Qingzhou bed crossbow.

The ballista is not unique to Qingzhou, and it is not a monopoly of the Chen family, this weapon has been mentioned in Mozi's writings, and there are also records of winch crossbows in Liutao, but many skills have been annihilated in the wars of the past dynasties, broken inheritance, or hidden by various families as their own things.

Qingzhou is now showing off its power with this sharp weapon, mainly because Qingzhou's generals have extraordinary manufacturing capabilities, and the bed crossbow, which costs a huge amount of money, can also be made in batches, so this thing is named Qingzhou bed crossbow by the world.

In the Battle of Niuzhuji, the Qingzhou Sailor has already shown out, and there are already more than 200 bed crossbows, and now there are hundreds of them under the city, and they are also in the form of ballistas.

What's even more terrifying is that behind the ballista, there are forty or fifty longbows in hand, and the warriors in leather armor follow closely, and the number of enemy archers has exceeded all the defenders of Fengqiu, and there are even more terrifying weapons such as carts and bed crossbows, how can this battle be fought?

Li Tong felt cold, and at the same time quite puzzled.

The soldier saint has a saying: the upper army is plotting, the second is the battle, the second is the army, and the siege is the last resort! The formation that Wang Yu put out is completely to play Luoyang and Xuchang's lineup! How can a mere Fengqiu City be so important?

He watched the enemy formation approach in a daze, and his heart was at a loss, completely out of order and clue. No one laughed at him, and no one reminded him that ordinary soldiers were not as well-informed as Li Tong, and they were all stunned when they saw the crossbows that were too big to talk about and the crossbowmen carrying crossbows behind their backs.

That crossbow arrow is a full ** foot long, and it is completely a short spear! Such a murder weapon was shot into the city by that big crossbow, and you can imagine the terrifying lethality with your eyes closed!

At the thought of facing such a terrifying murder weapon, everyone was terrified, only to feel that the two-foot-four-foot high city wall under their feet was too short and too thin.

The Qingzhou army was set up about five miles away from the city before, and after walking out of the camp for a while, it stopped, and the auxiliaries shouted loudly, and began to adjust the position of various equipment, arrange the formation, and at the same time ran out of the formation and went straight to the city.

Lee informed that this was a routine step before the war, and that he was persuaded to surrender.

"Father......" Seeing the lineup of the Qingzhou Army, Li Xu, like his father, was also frightened, and when he saw the envoy from the city coming, he suddenly woke up and reminded Li Tong in a low voice, with no expectation in his tone.

"No, it's too late." Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Li Xu opened his mouth, and Li Tong knew what his son wanted to say.

Indeed, it is still too late to surrender at this time, not only can he save his life, but if he is lucky, he may be erected as a model and become the horse bone bought by Qingzhou's daughter.

"The general will inevitably die in battle, the matter has come to this point, you and I have no way to retreat, but we must always think about your mother and your brother!" Li Tong's voice was so low that it was inaudible, but Li Xu was terrified.

Stunned for a while, he laughed out loud, with a sense of relief in his expression: "Father is right, born in troubled times, there is a chance to compete with the heroes under the command of the hussar general, and the child should have no complaints!" ”

"Exactly!" Li Tong nodded approvingly, raised his hand and pointed at the envoy from the city, and shouted: "Xu'er, this person will be handed over to you!" ”

"The child dares to disobey!" Li Xu pulled his bow and arrows, his eyes stared at the people in the city, and he was ready to give him a heart-piercing arrow as soon as the other party entered the shooting range, so as to show his determination to fight to the end.

"Get it......" The horse's hooves kicked up dust, and he galloped forward, seeing that he had reached the edge of the range of the strong bow, the messenger seemed to have measured it, and directly turned the horse's head around, and ran along the invisible boundary, Li Xu gritted the roots of his teeth with hatred.

"Listen to the armies of the city, those who surrender live, and those who resist die, or surrender or die, and make a quick decision, and do not make a mistake yourself!" The envoys who persuaded them to surrender did not impassionedly oppress people with great righteousness, nor did they intend to analyze the pros and cons of the lotus flower, trying to shake the will of the defenders.

Although this method of persuasion was simple, it was very effective, and the defenders were all depressed and their morale plummeted.

People are so arrogant and confident, the hussar general doesn't care about his own people at all, with such an army in hand, do you still need to make any small moves? Just run it over. Persuasion to surrender, in the final analysis, is to give everyone a way to live, but whether they can go or not, it is not up to these soldiers themselves.

Not only ordinary soldiers, but also many generals set their eyes on Li Tong with full expectations, hoping that he could make a relatively wise choice.

The biggest difference between Cao Cao's army and the Qingzhou army is not in training and equipment, but in faith.

Wang Yu's training method is close to the way of the modern army, paying attention to the soldiers' sense of honor and mission, and often reminding them why they are fighting, so at the critical moment, there are always people who stand up and are willing to sacrifice for victory.

Of course, Cao Jun is not without cohesion, but in a traditional way. The military generals of Wenchen are mainly based on Cao Cao, and they also have families and forces, and the soldiers are generals, which are regarded as private property, and they are passed down layer by layer.

Li Tong had more than 1,000 descendants in the city, all of whom were the original private soldiers of the Li family, and these people were willing to fight hard for Li Tong, not Cao Cao. As long as Li Tong is willing to surrender, they will not feel betrayed at all. The rest of the miscellaneous troops are even more eager to surrender as soon as possible, anyway, the hussar general is full of promises, since he said that those who surrender will not be killed, they will definitely not be embarrassed by their little miscellaneous fish.

Li Tong originally wanted Li Xu to make a name for himself before he died, but he didn't expect Li Xu to open his bow and arrows, but he didn't dare to make a move, and he secretly screamed in his heart, knowing that he had made a mistake.

"I'm coming!" He snatched Li Xu's bow and arrow, took one arm, pulled a full moon, and raised his hand to be an arrow! The action is done in one go, like the clouds and water of the peers, and the martial arts are self-evident.

There was an exclamation from above and below the city, but the arrow seemed to be fast, and as soon as the exclamation started, it chased behind the messenger of persuasion like a meteor catching the moon, and it seemed that an arrow pierced the heart.

Who would have thought that Li Tong would have such a skill to shoot such an earth-shattering arrow at a distance of one hundred and fifty steps? Even the generals under his command were taken aback, and wondered if it was because their own generals were angry and played beyond their standards, not to mention the messenger who had already run half the way and had his back to the city tower.

However, the world was impermanent, and at the last moment, I saw that the messenger seemed to have eyes on his back, rolled on his side, rolled under the saddle, and hid in a kick, and narrowly avoided this mortal arrow.

After Li Tongben shot the messenger to death, he shouted loudly in righteous words, showing his determination to fight to the death, but he never expected that an arrow that was played at a super level was actually avoided, and he was stuck in his chest in one breath, as if he was about to explode, where could he still speak?

The city was also silent, and the defenders were all chilled.

It's just dazzling equipment, even sending a random messenger has such skills, how strong is this hussar army, and can this battle still be fought?